Truss' fate to be decided at deselection meeting

Decision time: Norfolk Conservatives will vote tonight on whether Elizabeth Truss will represent them in next year's election

Monday, 16 November 2009
1:03 PM

By Lauren Knott

A Conservative PPC will attempt to avoid deselection tonight as she faces party members who claim she misled them over her affair with a Conservative MP.

Elizabeth Truss, the Tory parliamentary candidate for South West Norfolk, allegedly covered up her affair with Tory MP Mark Field and may now face de-selection as a result.

Ms Truss was chosen by Conservative party members last month to represent the constituency in the upcoming election after incumbent Christopher Fraser MP announced his intention to stand down due to his wife's ill health.